Children learn Laalaa first. Youth being lost to cities causing decrease in L1 speakers. Shifting to Wolof [wol]. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use French [fra]. Also use Wolof [wol], particularly adults. Used as L2 by Ndut [ndv].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 60% in French [fra], 35% in Wolof [wol]. Cultural association works on language development.

Often identified by themselves and by the majority population as Serer, a widely used name for a cultural and linguistic group which includes the Serer-Sine language and the 5 Cangin languages. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.